VMD 512: Zoo/Wild Animal Breeding, Management, Nutrition and Health Care (1+1)

APONOMMA SP. TICK IN INDIAN COBRA

• These are the common ecto-parasites found in between the scales of the snake . These Ixodid ticks exclusively are found in reptiles.
• The scutum of the ticks have ornamentation with self pattern and the males are without ventral plates and these hard ticks often will be missed during the routine health assessment in captive reptiles because of the similarity of the color between them and the host species and additionally, since these ticks ofen get embed in between the scales , these ticks cannot be differentiated often.